Parashat Vayera begins with Avraham Avinu sitting outside his tent during the heat of the day, looking out for guests. Avraham at this time was reeling from his berit milah, which he had performed just days earlier....
At the start of this week’s parsha, the Almighty appears to Avraham, who was sitting at the doorway of his tent “in the heat of the day” [Bereishis 18:1]. Rashi quotes a teaching of Chazal: “The Holy One,...
In the 6th perek of Pirkei Avos, we are taught that there are 48 acquisitions that one needs to practice to truly acquire the Torah. The Tiferes Yisroel adds another angle: one who wears the crown of...
The Be’er Mayim Chaim (Noach) discusses how s u p e r n a t u r a l miracles happened to Avraham, but not to Noach. Avraham threw the earth, and it was transformed into weapons. He was thrown into...
Does one need to tovel electric appliances? There are many different appliances; there is no one rule. For example, an urn should be toiveled. Obviously, after you toivel an urn, you should not use it for...
We read in Parashat Vayera about the final of the ten tests that Avraham confronted and withstood – the test of Akedat Yishak, when G-d commanded him to sacrifice his son, Yishak. Avraham complied, proceeding with the...
Am Yisroel is now entering week 4 of a most difficult war. Week 4 of much pain and heartache, of many tears being shed; for lives lost, for the injured and for those...
INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds of colorful cherry tomatoes 1 dozen chopped Kalamata olives 2 tablespoons capers 2 pounds of trimmed green beans DIRECTIONS: Green beans are such a fantastic vegetable. Anyway you make them they come out delicious. These green beans with...
Hospitality The opening of this week’s parsha, Vayeira, relates the tale of Avraham sitting during a hot day at the entrance of his tent and observing three men standing nearby. He ran toward them and insisted they come...
While the primary horrors and atrocities in Israel occurred on October 7, the fallout and aftershocks are continuing every single day. Despite Hamas literally videoing, promoting, and memorialize their brutal and heinous attack using all kinds of media, there...